Hinge over and let those shoulders decompress.
Keep your back flat and let gravity do the work. Don't bounce, just relax into it.
Folding at the hips with your hands anchored lets gravity pull your chest toward the floor, opening the lats and everything else that ties your arms to your torso. The shoulders get a sustained overhead stretch without you having to hold your arms up, because the anchor and your bodyweight do the work. It earns its place before pressing sessions and after pulling ones, restoring the overhead range that heavy training slowly steals.
It fits before overhead pressing to open up your range, and after back or pressing sessions to unwind. It is also a cheap daily reset for anyone who spends the day rounded over a desk.
Around 30 to 60 seconds of relaxed breathing, sinking a little deeper on each exhale. Short aggressive pulls do less than one long calm hold.
You are bending from the spine instead of hinging from the hips. Step further back, push your hips away from your hands, and keep the back flat so the stretch lands in the shoulders and lats rather than folding your back.
